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Guys, I suppose this thread went a little exaggerated. I don't care about Symantec AV (I don't use it because it takes too much resources) but here goes my humble opinion.
The problem is not that Symantec cannot handle UPX (for sure they can) but Symantec Norton Anti-Virus engine vulnerabilitiy. I believe the problem should be treated rather as Symantec SDE/T team oversight. Similar kind of vulnerabilities exist in many titles but the more popular "exploited" application is the sooner and louder you will hear about it. World's monopolists are in the worst situation - each day hundreds of people are trying to find bugs and exploits.
If you are really interested if they have problems with packers (ASPack, UPX, PECompact, etc.) then answer is NO. They (Symantec, Kaspersky, McAfee) do have problems but with advanced protectors (for instance: few viruses were protected with XProtector + XP VM signatures) and advanced metamorph engines (own made) used in few viruses.
Regards.
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